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Emergency trauma products supplier H&H Medical has introduced a nonwoven gauze for the control of bleeding and the management of wounds.

The latest volume of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC)'s Technical Manual will be available on 1 January 2019.

Industrial thread manufacturer Coats has invested in the developer of a continuous thread dyeing system, Twine Solutions.

Implantable medical devices manufacturer Aran Biomedical of Spiddal, Ireland, has developed a textile valve-cover.

IPC—Association Connecting Electronics Industries is to host an open-invitation web meeting for European organizations involved in electronic textiles technologies to generate additional interest i

Boeing and ELG Carbon Fibre are working together to recycle waste aerospace-grade carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) so that it can be used by other companies to make products such as electroni

A method for coating jute fibres with graphene oxide, which improves their mechanical properties and those of composites reinforced with them, has been developed by researchers at the University of

A synthetic fabric for sports-, fashion- and workwear that has an appearance similar to fabrics produced from natural fibres has been developed by Teijin Frontier of Osaka, Japan.

The Lenzing Group has filed 25 patent applications with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for a method of producing continuous lyocell filament nonwovens from botanic wood pulp.

The Nonwovens Innovation & Research Institute (NIRI)-led consortium (Sanguis) behind the development of filter tech

Hexcel Corp of Stamford, Connecticut, is to acquire a supplier of electromagnetic interference (EMI)-shielding composites for military, aerospace and industrial applications, ARC Technologies Inc o

Researchers at the Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU Research School of High Energy Physics in Russia are combining multiple methods to create an advanced flaw detection system for complex and larg

Software that will help manufacturers better understand the effects of electromagnetic interference (EMI) on composite electrical aircraft (CEAs) are being developed through a European Union (EU) a

The addition of graphene from Talga Resources to carbon fibre-reinforced plastics (CFRPs) significantly enhances their electrical and thermal conductivity, according to the company of Perth, Wester

A thermally insulating fabric has been launched that sheds five-times fewer fibres than its competitors, according to its developer Polartec of Andover, Massachusetts, USA.

Flame-resistant (FR) textiles manufacturer Westex by Milliken and aramid fibre producer Teijin Aramid have formed a joint technology and commercial partnership covering Southeast Asia and Australas

Foldable smartphones, computer tablets and screens are becoming a reality as a result of advances in nanotechnology from companies such as Heraeus Electronic Chemicals of Hanau, Germany.

Flax fibre has been used by Composites Evolution of Chesterfield, UK, to reduce the cost of carbon fibre-reinforced epoxy mould tools.

SKIINCore is a pair of self-heating base layer garments for use in cold weather developed by Myant of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and launched by the company on the crowdfunding website Kickstarter.

Ineos Enterprises of Runcorn, UK, has agreed to acquire the entire composites business of Ashland Global Holdings Inc of Covington, Kentucky, USA, for US$1.1 billion.